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Example 12-42
De boy-dem playin' hockey.
De
art
boy-dem
boy-
pl
playin'
play-
prog
hockey.
hockey
The boys are playing hockey.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Glinton-Meicholas 1995
: 10
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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